Super Bowl 42 was more magical and historic a season, but this 2011 season, including Super Bowl 46, was Eli's best as a pro. He set the record that year for most fourth-quarter comebacks by a QB.
I remember when this game was played. I was a freshman in high school. It was seen as a big deal bc it was these teams’ first matchup since Super Bowl 42. This foreshadowed the SB at the end of this season.
People tend to forget he was incredible in those 2 SB runs.. 15 TD's ,2 INT's and 2000 yards passing. Walked into Lambeau Field and outplayed both Favre and Rodgers on route to get to those Super Bowls
This was in the same 4 PM timeslot on the same day as that Rivers/Rodgers offensive pointfest that NFL Throwback uploaded on Friday FOX must have drawn some big ratings/viewers that Sunday with those 2 games (Heck even the other late game, Rams/Cardinals, had Patrick Peterson's 99 yard punt return walkoff TD)
@PACNYY Funny…how super bowls wings are “team wins” when bashing Brady yet now count as QB wins when wanting to boost another QB legacy. The hate still lives on.
Psst: In both SB wins by the Giants Brady put the Pats ahead with 4 minutes left (First Game) and 2 minutes left (Second game) and how bout them Yankees? Hahahaha
@@345optimusprime No hate. Giant fans respect Brady and we hold Belicheck in high regard too since he was the DC in both our Super Bowl wins in 86 and 90. And it's silly to say "Eli owns Brady". Eli and Brady don't go against each other. Still, Pats fans have their own hate too. Call the Giants lucky in both Super Bowl wins over them. Facts are the Giants outplayed them both times. Not dominated, but definitely outplayed them. Both games the ball was in Eli's hands with under 3 minutes to play. Both times Eli led his team to the winning TD. Not unlike this game! I watched it. Man, the Giants and Pats that season were like Ali and Frazier, just punch, counter-punch, gave no quarter. Really fun for Giant fans to watch.
2011 season of Eli’s was the best. This game with that game winning drive was just one of many examples where he closed out games (albeit a 9-7 record to win the division)
This was one of the 13 times in NFL history where both the teams that met in the SB also played against each other in the regular season the same year.
Peyton Manning 3-1 against Tom Brady in the AFC Championship games (3-2 overall against Brady in the playoffs). The Manning bros are 5-2 against Brady in post season play.
@@HawkingRegime13 And all it took was him nearly losing his ability to speak that same year actually. It's kinda hard to tell but he was still recovering. It was more obvious during the 2011 World Series.
Eli was Never as good as his Brother but still a Great Baller. The obvious comparison to Peyton always Made him Look weaker than he was. Eli had That clutch guy in him
Eli Manning and Tom Brady were among the NFL's best quarterback rivalries. Eli Manning is the only quarterback in NFL history to beat Tom Brady twice in the Super Bowl.
To think the Giants ended up having an extremely shaky rest of their regular season after this game. They went 3-5 after this game but those three wins came right at the end and that's all they needed to kickoff their 2011 Superbowl run.
Eli didn't do it to Brady. Why did the Giants beat the Patriots a lot ? It's because the weak link was Belichick why ? Because the Giants coach Tom Cofflin new Belichick very well when they were both assistant coaches on the older Giants teams. Nobody ever says that but I know the truth.
Let's not whitewash history. The Patriots were convicted for spying/taping opponents game day plans i.e. "use of equipment to videotape an opposing team's offensive and defense plays and signals." As a result, the Patriots were fined $500K. This was the largest fine in the NFL's 87 year history at the time. This happened during their first 3 Superbowl run. Brady also benefited from the Tuck Rule in the AFC Championship game where he fumbled and lost the game. Some 20 years later, Brady would admit he actually did fumble. Brady was then convicted of deflating footballs. His ball boys deleted all communications with Brady and Brady destroyed his phone in an effort to cover up Deflategate. Brady was suspended for 4 games. It should be noted that Brady sued and won but was "open to accepting some form of suspension, but only if it can be for failing to cooperate with the NFL rather than admitting to the findings." Why is deflating footballs an advantage to Brady? Well when a ball is deflated it is easier to catch in cold weather and it would be easier to secure the ball when being tackled thus preventing the likelihood of a fumble. Keep in mind that each team uses their own balls so this only benefitted Brady and the New England offense. Then there's the seldom mentioned wire tapping of opponents lock room to get key information. There were a few ex-Patriot players who have confirmed this rumor. The NFL was made aware of the wire tapping allegations so they sent out an email stating that they'll be doing locker room sweeps on a particular day thus giving any team who was cheating ample noticed to remove any such devices. The Patriots also stole play sheets from their opponents locker room, and crazy as this sounds, got information from their opponents hotel rooms. Also, is it possible to acknowledge a potential racial element without making this about race? Well here is my attempt: Imagine if Mike Vick was in New England instead of Brady...let's stop right there! Your immediate reaction was probably "they wouldn't have won all those rings." Well let's say for the sake of this argument that he did win all those rings. With that in mind, would Vick be considered in the conversation as the goat? The answer is no, but more importantly, this controversy would have followed Vick. Let's not go down a racial rabbit hole here, that previous statement was for you to be honest with yourself and absorb/internalize what Vick instead of Brady in New England would have looked like (assuming they won all those rings of course). I view Brady as Bill Russell - the most winningness player but not the best. He was good though but there are and were a number of QB's better. Has any ever noticed how 95% of his passes were thrown under the first down marker? This included games when they were down double-digits. However, Brady had some legendary comebacks - stuff made of legends. In order to acknowledge that other QB's are better, one would have to put aside Suberbowl wins. For instance, Marino was better than Roethlisberger but one QB had multiple rings while the other had zero. Your takeaway from this lengthy comment could be that I am a Patriot or Brady hater but I literally just wanted to document the history because this NFL channel, Fox Sports, ESPN, and Ex-NFL turned TH-camrs do not mention this. It is as if it never happened. amp.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/08/report-patriots-spied-on-rivals-40-times-and-stole-play-sheets-from-locker-rooms
By the current and established standards he’s absolutely hof, in the sense there are less deserving players already there. But by the standards the HOF SHOULD be (I’m gonna have to agree with Deion sanders) then he shouldn’t, among dozens of others.
Well he was pretty average/ underwhelming other than 2011 and has never won a playoff game other than the 2 years he won the bowl so he’s not a hall of famer
He definitely had some pretty terrible seasons. But when he was on, he was on. And the 2007 and 2011 playoff runs are enough, in my opinion, to earn him a HOF spot.
Yeah people only remember him for those mid 2010’s years despite there being some pretty good ones he’s top ten in EVERY MAJOR passing category plus 2 sbmvp’s will for sure put him in he also never had a losing season until 2013 when his team fell apart and there was terrible drafting, injuries and bad management
@@BillyBob-ti2fz If Eli doesnt make those throws to Tyree and Manningham then he doesnt have the two super bowls. You can argue Tyrees catch was luck but Manninghams catch wasnt luck. That throw to Manningham is objectively one of the best passes in NFL history and if Eli doesnt make that throw then the Giants lose Super Bowl 46.
One of several comebacks that season, while Eli carried that bad team to the POs and set multiple 4th Q records. His 2 biggest games came later against Dallas when he outplayed perennial choke artist Tony Romo for the Division Title. "Boys fans - don't bother with a reply, it will be ignored.
@@packersauburneric3625 Agreed. The 2011 season was my all-time favorite NFL season and it's not even close. I grew up in Green Bay, so as you might guess I'm a Packers fan. Even though the Packers were the defending champions and went 15-1, that was far from the only reason it was my favorite season. After only having been done twice in NFL history prior to that season, three different QBs (Brady, Brees, and Stafford) threw for over 5,000 yards, and Eli Manning was over 4,900 yards too. I remember New Year's Day 2011, ESPN dubbed it the Year of the QB, and they were right and then some. It was also the first time that the Texans ever made the playoffs and the first time the Lions made it in the 21st century. Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski also broke the record for most receiving yards by a tight end in a season at the time. And, you can't forget about that year being Tebow Mania. Despite being a Packers fan, I always was a fan of Peyton and Eli Manning too, so by extension I liked the Colts (later Broncos) and Giants. Even though Peyton did not play a single snap that year recovering from surgery, I guess Eli decided to carry the mantle for both of them and had his best ever season. After being asked in the preseason if he considered himself an elite QB and boldly saying yes, he backed it up with his play that year resoundingly. And the playoffs that year had some incredible games, including Tim Tebow's playoff win (the 3:16 Game) on the first play of OT and the Saints-49ers instant classic with 4 combined TDs in the final 4:02 of the game, with the Vernon Davis winning catch with 9 seconds left being called The Catch III. Both conference championship games were as good as it gets, with Billy Cundiff missing a short field goal for the Ravens to send the game into OT allowing the Patriots to win, and Eli Manning delivering one of the gutsiest and toughest performances ever in the rain and mud and the Giants capitalizing on two 49ers punt return fumbles, and Lawrence Tynes kicking the winning FG in OT to rematch with the Patriots in the Super Bowl. And Super Bowl XLVI was a great way to end the season. In his brother's home stadium, Eli Manning capped off what is still today the single greatest postseason by a QB and the Giants handed another defeat to Tom Brady and the Patriots in a Super Bowl. And the very first play of the Giants game winning drive was the incredible Mario Manningham sideline catch, and it ended with Ahmad Bradshaw accidentally scoring because the Patriots were letting him score so they'd have time, and Bradshaw tried to stop but still fell into the end zone. The Patriots got into Hail Mary territory, but couldn't get it done, and Eli Manning, Justin Tuck, and the Giants once again made America happy with Tom Brady and the Patriots losing another Super Bowl to them. Sorry this got really long, and props to you if you are still reading this. But there were that many great moments that season, and I will always stand by that I believe it was the single greatest and most entertaining season in NFL history.
Why does Joe buck sound like he just woke up from a nap?! Probably would sound more excited for a peewee soccer game then a literal go ahead touchdown by the giants with three minutes to go
Eli has his number,to this day Tommy hates eli.safe to say he won't be introducing Eli into the hall.going in together,another thorn in Tommy's side,aside from jizelle
This was another great prequel to a Super Bowl to come in February
Can’t believe this 12 years ago
Ahh Eli manning did it to Tom Brady again before Super Bowl 46 , these were great great times to be a Giants fan 💯💯💯💯💯
Super Bowl 42 was more magical and historic a season, but this 2011 season, including Super Bowl 46, was Eli's best as a pro. He set the record that year for most fourth-quarter comebacks by a QB.
Nobody talks about the beatings he took just to get to that SB
@@jonsnipe5484 he beat a 15-1 Packers team. Impressive 👏
@jonsnipe5484 the 49ers gave him a beating but he kept getting up what a LEGEND
@@boris2997 HELL YEAH 💪💪💪
@@malachibanks6357 he also beat Brett farve packer in -0 degrees.. tough SOB
Can’t believe this was 12 years ago.
Time flies.
Fr a classic underrated game
From Super Bowl XLII on February 3rd, 2008, until November 15th, 2015, the New York Giants were undefeated versus the New England Patriots. 💪
Eli was that guy and the defensive line was one of the greatest ever. To think Linval Joseph was a reserve is crazy. Miss these teams.
I remember when this game was played. I was a freshman in high school. It was seen as a big deal bc it was these teams’ first matchup since Super Bowl 42.
This foreshadowed the SB at the end of this season.
That Era of The NFL >>>>>>>
This was the epitome of Brady's luck vs Eli manning lol a forgotten classic
This was the epitome of Brady's luck vs Eli manning lol a forgotten classic
Eli Manning whatever you want to say about him later in his career but there's no denying him having to Superbowl Championship wins against Brady.
Imagine if he actually went to the Chargers like he was supposed to
@@nathanboolin Then we wouldn't see him beat the Pats in the Super Bowl.
People tend to forget he was incredible in those 2 SB runs.. 15 TD's ,2 INT's and 2000 yards passing. Walked into Lambeau Field and outplayed both Favre and Rodgers on route to get to those Super Bowls
Prime Brady too
Those Fox graphics are 🔥
This was in the same 4 PM timeslot on the same day as that Rivers/Rodgers offensive pointfest that NFL Throwback uploaded on Friday
FOX must have drawn some big ratings/viewers that Sunday with those 2 games
(Heck even the other late game, Rams/Cardinals, had Patrick Peterson's 99 yard punt return walkoff TD)
2011 was a legendary season
One of my favorite seasons since I started watching the NFL in 2008
Best era of football ever
@@mayson9817as Packers fan was a weird year lmao luckily we won in 2010 or I would be more pissed
Very Weird, how the
Giants faced the Patriots during regular season before facing them in both Superbowls.
Eli "Brady knows now that I'm a beast and he'll never forget those 2 Ls in the Superbowl."
82 Wins with a payroll of $278 Million 😂
@PACNYY Funny…how super bowls wings are “team wins” when bashing Brady yet now count as QB wins when wanting to boost another QB legacy.
The hate still lives on.
Psst: In both SB wins by the Giants Brady put the Pats ahead with 4 minutes left (First Game) and 2 minutes left (Second game) and how bout them Yankees? Hahahaha
@@345optimusprime No hate. Giant fans respect Brady and we hold Belicheck in high regard too since he was the DC in both our Super Bowl wins in 86 and 90. And it's silly to say "Eli owns Brady". Eli and Brady don't go against each other. Still, Pats fans have their own hate too. Call the Giants lucky in both Super Bowl wins over them. Facts are the Giants outplayed them both times. Not dominated, but definitely outplayed them. Both games the ball was in Eli's hands with under 3 minutes to play. Both times Eli led his team to the winning TD. Not unlike this game! I watched it. Man, the Giants and Pats that season were like Ali and Frazier, just punch, counter-punch, gave no quarter. Really fun for Giant fans to watch.
take me back to this era PLZZZZ
Back when I got loaded every day
2011 season of Eli’s was the best. This game with that game winning drive was just one of many examples where he closed out games (albeit a 9-7 record to win the division)
Little did we know that this will be a preview to super bowl XLVI
This was one of the 13 times in NFL history where both the teams that met in the SB also played against each other in the regular season the same year.
@@aaronshoaf4644classic and I'm Packers fan lol
For one Sunday, Jake Ballard played like Mark Bavaro
This was his finest hour, but he was actually fire that whole season. Definitely a safety net for Eli
@@JediJames21miss this era league wasn't finesse yet
Back when pats giants actually meant something
13:40 Love how hyped Victor Cruz got over that penalty call
the great irony / poetry of sports that Eli was the "lesser" Manning brother but had Brady's number during this stretch of time
I know a lot factors into that, defense, luck etc but he showed up when it mattered
Peyton Manning 3-1 against Tom Brady in the AFC Championship games (3-2 overall against Brady in the playoffs). The Manning bros are 5-2 against Brady in post season play.
I forgot how unenthusiastic Joe Buck was
Weird how he seems to have improved
@@HawkingRegime13 And all it took was him nearly losing his ability to speak that same year actually. It's kinda hard to tell but he was still recovering. It was more obvious during the 2011 World Series.
@@HawkingRegime13Packers gave up most yards in history and went 15 and 1 weird ass year lmfao
Eli was Never as good as his Brother but still a Great Baller. The obvious comparison to Peyton always Made him Look weaker than he was. Eli had That clutch guy in him
Peyton was never as good as Eli in the Super Bowl.
Eli had the better defense that bailed him out unlike Peyton too
Miss this era of the NFL
New York Giants Against New England Patriots Last Meeting In 1990 Thanks For Uploading
This is a forgotten classic another Eli victory over the Patriots
Eli Manning and Tom Brady were among the NFL's best quarterback rivalries. Eli Manning is the only quarterback in NFL history to beat Tom Brady twice in the Super Bowl.
Eli goes god mode on the patriots
I Miss Eli Manning And Tom Brady
The fact that Eli has clutched it against the pats this many times in this fashion is goat status
To think the Giants ended up having an extremely shaky rest of their regular season after this game. They went 3-5 after this game but those three wins came right at the end and that's all they needed to kickoff their 2011 Superbowl run.
defense was horrible down that stretch too
@@_jothemanfor patriot?
First Giants win at New England since 1990
You in another classic video lol
Does it to Brady is crazy😂😂😂
Eli is the Patriots’ kryptonite.
Fr
We took Eli for granted 😭
and we took brady for granted! 20 years of the patriot's dynasty will never ever be duplicated!
11:12 Barden not household name but that catch was tough 🔥🔥🔥
Eli beat a 16-0 patriots in 2007. Then beat a 15-1 packers in 2011. That really impressive. I can't hate. 👏
Great underdog QB couldn't play when he had high hopes it was weird lol
@@eric3298couldn’t play but finished top 7 all-time in every passing category?
@@357twilsonweird year in general
@@357twilsonand yes
Brady’s kryptonite
And Eli would do it to Brady for a THIRD time in Super Bowl XLVI the following February.
When I watched this at the time, it felt like Super Bowl 42 all over again.
Thought the game was won and then Eli stepped in.
Eli didn't do it to Brady. Why did the Giants beat the Patriots a lot ? It's because the weak link was Belichick why ? Because the Giants coach Tom Cofflin new Belichick very well when they were both assistant coaches on the older Giants teams. Nobody ever says that but I know the truth.
Yeah he did like he did in them 2 SuperBowls he on the Patriots so he takes the loss as well
@@JPK169hell of a game even if my packers should of repeated lmao
I was 16 and a junior in high school when this game took place.
Time flies nostalgic
Lowkey everyone ate in Brady era
Eli could/should be in the HOF strictly for the fact that he was the GOATs kryptonite
I traveled to NE to watch the GMEN for this game it was awesome
Eli is him
This 2011 season is what made me a big Eli fan
Now fast forward 2023 Devito VS Zappe in the Sh*t stain bowl!
Eli just owns Tom Brady
Let's not whitewash history. The Patriots were convicted for spying/taping opponents game day plans i.e. "use of equipment to videotape an opposing team's offensive and defense plays and signals." As a result, the Patriots were fined $500K. This was the largest fine in the NFL's 87 year history at the time. This happened during their first 3 Superbowl run. Brady also benefited from the Tuck Rule in the AFC Championship game where he fumbled and lost the game. Some 20 years later, Brady would admit he actually did fumble. Brady was then convicted of deflating footballs. His ball boys deleted all communications with Brady and Brady destroyed his phone in an effort to cover up Deflategate. Brady was suspended for 4 games. It should be noted that Brady sued and won but was "open to accepting some form of suspension, but only if it can be for failing to cooperate with the NFL rather than admitting to the findings." Why is deflating footballs an advantage to Brady? Well when a ball is deflated it is easier to catch in cold weather and it would be easier to secure the ball when being tackled thus preventing the likelihood of a fumble. Keep in mind that each team uses their own balls so this only benefitted Brady and the New England offense. Then there's the seldom mentioned wire tapping of opponents lock room to get key information. There were a few ex-Patriot players who have confirmed this rumor. The NFL was made aware of the wire tapping allegations so they sent out an email stating that they'll be doing locker room sweeps on a particular day thus giving any team who was cheating ample noticed to remove any such devices. The Patriots also stole play sheets from their opponents locker room, and crazy as this sounds, got information from their opponents hotel rooms.
Also, is it possible to acknowledge a potential racial element without making this about race? Well here is my attempt: Imagine if Mike Vick was in New England instead of Brady...let's stop right there! Your immediate reaction was probably "they wouldn't have won all those rings." Well let's say for the sake of this argument that he did win all those rings. With that in mind, would Vick be considered in the conversation as the goat? The answer is no, but more importantly, this controversy would have followed Vick. Let's not go down a racial rabbit hole here, that previous statement was for you to be honest with yourself and absorb/internalize what Vick instead of Brady in New England would have looked like (assuming they won all those rings of course).
I view Brady as Bill Russell - the most winningness player but not the best. He was good though but there are and were a number of QB's better. Has any ever noticed how 95% of his passes were thrown under the first down marker? This included games when they were down double-digits. However, Brady had some legendary comebacks - stuff made of legends. In order to acknowledge that other QB's are better, one would have to put aside Suberbowl wins. For instance, Marino was better than Roethlisberger but one QB had multiple rings while the other had zero.
Your takeaway from this lengthy comment could be that I am a Patriot or Brady hater but I literally just wanted to document the history because this NFL channel, Fox Sports, ESPN, and Ex-NFL turned TH-camrs do not mention this. It is as if it never happened.
amp.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/08/report-patriots-spied-on-rivals-40-times-and-stole-play-sheets-from-locker-rooms
Say what you want about Eli but he and the Giants knew how to beat NE especially in the SB
Every team knew how to, it was a matter of if they could.
The pass rushing ability of this team can not be overstated.
Patriots team should of had a ring
Forgot Greg Ellis was on patriots
8:58 foreshadowing
Eli is definitely a HOF. He received so many unfair criticisms during his career.
By the current and established standards he’s absolutely hof, in the sense there are less deserving players already there. But by the standards the HOF SHOULD be (I’m gonna have to agree with Deion sanders) then he shouldn’t, among dozens of others.
Well he was pretty average/ underwhelming other than 2011 and has never won a playoff game other than the 2 years he won the bowl so he’s not a hall of famer
those two rings over the GOAT is the thing that'll have Eli Manning in Canton.. he won't be first ballot but he'll get in
He definitely had some pretty terrible seasons. But when he was on, he was on. And the 2007 and 2011 playoff runs are enough, in my opinion, to earn him a HOF spot.
Yeah people only remember him for those mid 2010’s years despite there being some pretty good ones he’s top ten in EVERY MAJOR passing category plus 2 sbmvp’s will for sure put him in he also never had a losing season until 2013 when his team fell apart and there was terrible drafting, injuries and bad management
That Aaron hernandez celebration kinda crazy looking back now lol
🤔🤔🤔
You're supposed to bury the bodies in private, not in front of a sold out stadium.
I've never heard a less enthusiastic announcer in my life
Great game
Super Bowl 42 rematch and Super Bowl 46 preview
This Giants D was suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper underrated.
JAKE BALLARD 99 OVERALL
8:55 Touchdown, murderer! (Even dug a grave)
I Love Your Great Video 📸 NFL Throwback Keep Up The Good Work
Giants receiving core was immaculate
I miss when my team was good.😭
I think I remember Brady spiking a water bottle on the sideline for one of the INTs.
I guess Eli was giving it to Brady on this one
Their rivalry were fun to watch
I forgot Chad Ochocinco was on this patriots team of ‘11
Somehow regressed as a patriot lol
Oh, Christ! Hernandez doing the "digging a grave" celebration is a bit creepy in hindsight. 😮
loved how Eli made Brady his bitch time and time again.
Right because Eli played defense and held Brady to 14 and 17 points. You really can’t fix stupid lol
@@BillyBob-ti2fz If Eli doesnt make those throws to Tyree and Manningham then he doesnt have the two super bowls. You can argue Tyrees catch was luck but Manninghams catch wasnt luck. That throw to Manningham is objectively one of the best passes in NFL history and if Eli doesnt make that throw then the Giants lose Super Bowl 46.
What's really disturbing is how 35 mentally challenged special needs adults agreed with you. It's a true statement on the credibility of social media
Imagine thinking a guy who dominated the league for 20 years, had 7 rings and 10 SB appearances, was anyones bitch lmao
@@dr.deadass140As a pats fan that throw was legendary
When you beat the GOAT 🐐 not once but TWICE in the Superbowl in dramatic fashion both times you should automatically be a HOF no question
@jalensmith4751 Funmy Super Bowl wins are being counted as “QB wins” I thought they were “team wins” as many fans try to say.
Eli won 3 straight against NE. NE was mortal for 10 years until Seattle made one mistake
Awesome video
I pray and hope the Giants give the Patriots a beatdown again.
The sequel to Super Bowl 42 and the prequel to Super Bowl 46.
Pats Nation!!
The glory days
We will never see another QB like Eli Manning in a very long time. HOF for sure.
Lmaoo Joe Buck again betted on the Patriots again, listen to his voice when the Giants make plays ☠️
I love this channel but fuck do I hate the headline. Football is a team sport. The GIANTS beat the PATRIOTS.
One of several comebacks that season, while Eli carried that bad team to the POs and set multiple 4th Q records. His 2 biggest games came later against Dallas when he outplayed perennial choke artist Tony Romo for the Division Title. "Boys fans - don't bother with a reply, it will be ignored.
Psalms 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Look at that 30 yard across the field dart by Eli to Cruz at 7:35, in between the safety and corner with a yard to spare on the sideline, ridiculous!!
We knew Eli is elite quarterback and haunted Tom Brady again on another Super Bowl
Eli is the GOAT
0:30 is a flag in today's league sadly
I think this is joe buck? Man dude sounds like he’s so uninterested in a GREAT game!!
Yep, this was the year he had the vocal cord alignment
Can’t spell ‘elite’ without ELI 🙌
Now it's a TANK BOWL
No one gonna talk about Aaron Hernandez’s celebration …
He buried the bodies under the field. We all missed a key warning sign there.
@@davezarvantime flies hell of a game hell of a year for NFL
@@packersauburneric3625 Agreed. The 2011 season was my all-time favorite NFL season and it's not even close. I grew up in Green Bay, so as you might guess I'm a Packers fan. Even though the Packers were the defending champions and went 15-1, that was far from the only reason it was my favorite season. After only having been done twice in NFL history prior to that season, three different QBs (Brady, Brees, and Stafford) threw for over 5,000 yards, and Eli Manning was over 4,900 yards too. I remember New Year's Day 2011, ESPN dubbed it the Year of the QB, and they were right and then some. It was also the first time that the Texans ever made the playoffs and the first time the Lions made it in the 21st century. Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski also broke the record for most receiving yards by a tight end in a season at the time. And, you can't forget about that year being Tebow Mania.
Despite being a Packers fan, I always was a fan of Peyton and Eli Manning too, so by extension I liked the Colts (later Broncos) and Giants. Even though Peyton did not play a single snap that year recovering from surgery, I guess Eli decided to carry the mantle for both of them and had his best ever season. After being asked in the preseason if he considered himself an elite QB and boldly saying yes, he backed it up with his play that year resoundingly.
And the playoffs that year had some incredible games, including Tim Tebow's playoff win (the 3:16 Game) on the first play of OT and the Saints-49ers instant classic with 4 combined TDs in the final 4:02 of the game, with the Vernon Davis winning catch with 9 seconds left being called The Catch III.
Both conference championship games were as good as it gets, with Billy Cundiff missing a short field goal for the Ravens to send the game into OT allowing the Patriots to win, and Eli Manning delivering one of the gutsiest and toughest performances ever in the rain and mud and the Giants capitalizing on two 49ers punt return fumbles, and Lawrence Tynes kicking the winning FG in OT to rematch with the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
And Super Bowl XLVI was a great way to end the season. In his brother's home stadium, Eli Manning capped off what is still today the single greatest postseason by a QB and the Giants handed another defeat to Tom Brady and the Patriots in a Super Bowl. And the very first play of the Giants game winning drive was the incredible Mario Manningham sideline catch, and it ended with Ahmad Bradshaw accidentally scoring because the Patriots were letting him score so they'd have time, and Bradshaw tried to stop but still fell into the end zone. The Patriots got into Hail Mary territory, but couldn't get it done, and Eli Manning, Justin Tuck, and the Giants once again made America happy with Tom Brady and the Patriots losing another Super Bowl to them.
Sorry this got really long, and props to you if you are still reading this. But there were that many great moments that season, and I will always stand by that I believe it was the single greatest and most entertaining season in NFL history.
Gonna mention it again,eli never missed an NFL game,Period! Lou gehrig like
man i had such high hopes for ramses barden
Why does Joe buck sound like he just woke up from a nap?! Probably would sound more excited for a peewee soccer game then a literal go ahead touchdown by the giants with three minutes to go
Eli does what to Brady?!?
The "See you Wednesday" game
Joe buck sounds like the last thing he wants to be doing is commenting this game
Eli Manning is the only QB Bill.Belichick can't figure out in big moments. that's Why eli is a Hall of famer
I remember bc I was there!
What up with Brady’s hair in the thumbnail?
It baffled me when I saw it so I knew I must use that pic
@@NFLVaultclassic keep up great work !
7:37 spoiler for that year's bowl...
SUPER PAUSEEEE ON THE TITLE ⏸️⏸️⏸️
Eli has his number,to this day Tommy hates eli.safe to say he won't be introducing Eli into the hall.going in together,another thorn in Tommy's side,aside from jizelle
Aaron Hernandez sighting